Coin pocket construction for billfolds



COIN POCKET CONSTRUCTION FOR BILLFOLDS Filed May 5, 1944 IN VEN TOR.

19 1/2010 5 P0775? BY y l/n 6 2 MM Patented June 29, 1948 .COIN'PLOCKET CONSTRUCTION FGR nmLFoLns Harold Bi Potter, West B Amity Leather. Products 00.,

en Wis; assigncr to West Bend, Wis.,

atcorporationiof Wisconsin.

Application May 3,, 1944, Serial No. 533,909 1 Claim. (Cl. fill-38) invention relates tic-improvements in .a billfold f the type which is providedwith a coin pocket, it more particularly relating to the manner in which the-coin pocket isconstructed and is attached to the bill'fold.

An object of the invention is to provide a'coin pocket connected to the inner wa i l iof a billfol d in such a manner that the tendency of the stitches to part or to tear the material is greatly lessened.

Another object-of the invention is to provide a coin pocket on the inner wall of a billfold in a-neat and pleasing-appearing. manner while utilizing simple and inexpensive construction.

The foregoing objects are obtained by providing spaced slits in the inner wall of the billfold and passing extended marginal edge portions of the coin pocket through those slits. That part of the extended marginal edge portion resting on the outer surface of the inner along the slit and that part of the extended edge portion resting on the inner surface of the inner wall is stitched thereto along the other side of the respective slit. The action of the slit tends to equalize any pulling stress placed on the coin pocket on each of the two lines of stitches and to place such equalized stress in a line more normal to the plane of the stitches; This tends to prevent the stitches from tearing the leather or other material used.

The novel features, which are considered characteristic of the invention, are set forth with particularity in the appended claim. The invention itself, however, both as to its organization and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will best be understood from the following description of a specific embodiment when read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view in front elevation of a billfold provided with a coin pocket embodying the invention, with parts broken away for the sake of clarity;

Fig. 2 is a doubly enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the billfold and coin pocket taken on the line 2-2 of Fig, 1.

Referring tothe drawing, the billfold to which the coin pocket is attached comprises an outer wall designated generally at l0 and an inner wall designated generally at I I. These walls form be tween them the main bill compartment 12 of the billfold. The outer wall l0 may have a lining member [3 attached to it along its upper edge. The lower edge of the liner I3 is unsecured and a separate space for larger denomination bills wall is stitched thereto is "therebycreated between the outer wall It and the liner -l3: Thednner 'wall H is of aweli'- known construction. The right-hand half, as viewed in Figure l, is double walled to form a housing *intowhichis slidably fitted an extension member 14. With this construction, the billfold canbe ioldedaboutthe center line without'causing undue bulkiness, as the member 14 will slide inwardly into the housing ast-he biilfold isfolded.

The coin pocket is formed by the cooperation of a wall member l5 and the face member t6: of the inner wall FM Theeoin pocket wall member 15 has extensions onopposite sides which are folded to provide bellows l1. This-permits the coin pocketto have-alar'ger opening andin creases its capacity. Spaced'paraliel slits I8 are cutthrough the-member 16. They are of sum cient length to accommodate the marginal edges 19 of the extended portions of the coin pocket wall member IS. The marginal edges l9 are inserted down through the slits [8 so that a portion underlaps the inner surface of the member l6 ad jacent the slit It. The marginal edges l9 are then stitched to the member l6 along the slit l8,

'7 as indicated by the stitching 20. That portion of the bellows fold l1 immediately adjacent and overlapping the slit I8 is stitched to the upper surface of the member l6 along the opposite side of the slit from the stitching 20, as indicated at H. This method of securing the opposite sides of the coin pocket wall [5 causes the seam formed thereby to have a neat appearance. When the coin pocket is closed, the seam is entirely hidden by the bellows fold. In addition the action of the slit tends to place an equal pulling stress on both the stitching 20 and 2|. With the ordinary construction, all the stress would be placed on the inside line of double stitching. The slit, however, permits the inner edge to flex upwardly (as viewed in Figure 2) when the coin purse is extended. This action transfers some of the stress placed on the stitching 2| to the stitching 20. The flexing up (as viewed in Figure 2) of the portion of the member l6 adjacent the inner side of the slits I8 also tends to permit the pull to be more normal to the plane of the stitches, This has a tendency to prevent the stitches from pulling through the material.

The right-hand edge 22 (as viewed in Figure 1) of coin pocket wall l5 extends to the rights-hand edges of the inner wall II and outer wall III. A marginal edge 23 of the outer wall is folded inwardly (as viewed in Figural) over the edge 22, and all edges are secured by a line of stitching 24. Thus the bottom of the coin pocket is neatly formed. It will be seen from Figure 1 that the bellows I! do not extend the full length of the coin purse but terminate a short distance from the right-hand edge as indicated at 25. This permits the margin of edge 22 to rest fiatly against the surface of the member Hi, thereby permitting the stitched-overedge of the billfold to be vfiat, thin and. neat in appearance. sA cl'osure flap 2'5 is provided for the coin pocket. It has one edge extending within the confines of the coin pocket and stitched to the surface of the member lfi by stitching indicated at 21. The elements of a welltuting the sole means for transmitting stresses known snap fastener 28 are provided in the coin 7 pocket wall member I 5 and the flap 26 to hold the flap in closed position. I

is made, and the parts have been shown in an unusually extended position. Actually, the thick-.

ness of thematerial comprising the portions of the billfold and the flat manner in which they rest against each other are such that the billfold is not unduly increased in thickness by the addition of the coin pocket as described.

Although there is shown and described a certain specific embodiment of the invention, many modifications thereof arepossible. Thevinven tion is not tobe restricted except insofar as is necessitated by the prior art and by the spirit of thea'ppended claim.

I claim.

A billfold comprising an outer wall member and an inner wall member forming a bill compartment therebetween; at least one of said wall members being flexible, said flexible wall member being provided with a pair of spaced slits, a coin pocket wall member secured to said flexible wall mem- '15 In the drawing it is necessary to exaggerate the w thickness of the material from which the billfold applied to the 'coin pocket Wall member across said slits from wall to wall-thereof so that when stress is applied to the coin pocket wall member incident I to'expanding the coin pocket the flexible bill compartment member on opposite sides of the slits is displaced out of the general plane thereof in opposite directions to thereby maintain said lines of sewing substantially normal to the general plane of the coin pocket wall member and to distribute the strain substantially equally therebetween.

; HAROLD. B. POTTER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references file-of this, patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS are of record in the 81,464 Austria Oct.1l,1920 

